Grazie Bella (The One and Only)

2- Wakefield High

"Bella, come out!" Nya, my 14 year old sister yelled, banging on our bathroom door. "Your taking forever!"

"I'll be right out." I heard her huff and she stomped off. I felt bad, I have been in here for over half an hour, but it wasn't my fault.  I was getting ready for school and it felt like I could never be done. My hair took the longest. I had to do something with my afro, so I straightened it to be shoulder length. I saw by bangs have grown.  I wore high waited shorts with my Nike crop top and white high tops.  I ran out of the bath room and stuffed my bag with my notebooks, some sparkly pens and lollipops, since I had everything I needed in my locker. It was almost eight and we needed to leave.

"Did you eat break fast Nya?" I asked.

"Yes, I'll be right out" She replied.  Nya walked to school since we lived 10 minutes away from the Middle School. After making sure she was ready, I grabbed my keys and a granola bar before saying bye to my parents.

" Have a great day, honey and your brothers already left" My mother told me.

"Okay, I'll see you tonight, since I'll be going out Rachel and Jake after school. " I told them about this last week but I wasn't sure if they remembered. My mother nodded and kissed me one last time before I hurried to my car and sped off.

"There's my gorgeous bae!" Rachel hollered when she saw me in the parking lot.

"Hey Rach" I said walking next to her. She was wearing Black Shorts with a white crop top and sneaker wedges. " Looking fly." She smiled and nodded before taking her phone out and taking a picture for Snapchat.

"Bella, long time no see" I swiftly turned my head to see Alex smiling at me. " You could have texted, called, snaped anything, but you left me thinking you were dead"

"Sorry , I was really busy with work," I explained before moving in for a hug.  He grabbed my waist  afterward and we started walking in the building. Rachel's eyes shifted between him, me and his hand. I gulped and tried to ignore the fuzzy feeling in my stomach.

"I need to go find Cassie and Jake, then we'll meet you at your locker" Rach giggled, once again adverting her eyes between Alex and I. He looked down at me in confusion and I shrugged.

"Did you do the homework" Alex pondered. "Italian"

"Why? Do you need to copy? I accused. He laughed, throwing his dirty blond hair above his eyes. I caught my self staring and glanced sideways.

"For your information Carter, I did do it" He pointed out. " I just wanted to check if I got it right."

"At least you know I'm the right one" I mumbled, pulling away to walk the four steps to my locker. I put my book bag inside, slipped my phone in my back pocket and slammed it as I turned back around.

"What?!" I barked. He put his hands up in protest and pleaded. "Nothing, nothing."

I smirked and led the way to his locker which was a couple down from mine. " What do have after Pre-calc?" He piped.

"AP Biology" I chirped with a smile.

"Let me guess, all APs and Pre-calc.." He questioned. I smiled and nodded. "Of course! Nothing but the best for Bella right?"

"Hey, your taking mostly AP classes and pre-calc too!" I protested. Before he could answer, Rachel returned with Cassie and Jake as promised. "Cass!!!" I burst out.

"Hey Bella!" She greeted me after our hug. I fist bumped Jake and returned back to her. "You curled your hair!" I noticed. Her normally straight hair was now in shiny red curls. She nodded eagerly. "You look amazing" I mouthed.

"Well Alex and I need to talk to coach, so we'll see you guys later" Jake claimed.  Both of them were in the JV football team.  We waved bye and started to walk to class as the warning bell rang.

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I was looking at the clock waiting for it to ring. We already packed up our instruments and are waiting to be dismissed. 

"Don't forget to order your uniforms if you don't have one" Mr. Steven reminded us before telling us we could go. He was awesome like that, letting us go before the bell. I got to my locker and grabbed my materials for Math.

"Bella! Bella! Bells!" Someone was yelling. I felt a tap on my shoulder and saw Andrew, Alex's older brother.

"Hi" I beamed. Why would Andrew be looking for me. He was a junior and we were not that close.

"So.. I kind of need a favor..." He looked down.

"Hey look,we gotta get to class so walk and talk" I ordered him.  He nodded. Maybe it had something to do with Gwen, his ex girlfriend. Pre-calc was the most intense class because of the people in it. There was Alex, Rach, Jake, Andrew, Gwen and I. There was usually a lot of drama.  The same people were also in AP English with me, besides the juniors.

"You probably heard about Gwen and me." I nodded. "Look Bells I need you to help me save face in front of her"

"Why me?"

He gave me a look. "You're like the best person for it, I know you can make her Jealous. "

Now I was confused. Gwen had strawberry Blond hair and was considered the prettiest junior. I'm pretty sure a 'nappy' haired sophomore is no competition for her. Before I knew it we were at the door and every one turned to look at us. No teacher. Andrew gave me a pleading look and I nodded. He smiled and kissed me. In front of the entire class. My body froze and my mind was incapable of grasping the adrenaline filled event of kissing the hottest boy in the school.